Glove



Dec. 11, 1934. I w. H GILLESPIE 1,984,183

GLOVE Filed Sept. 6, 1933 INVENT OR.

Patented Dec. 11, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 8 Claims.

This invention relates to gloves, and has for its objects a glove soconstructed as to fit either the right or the left hand of a wearer andwhich glove, palm and back, is reversable on either hand i 5 of a wearerand which glove may be reversed inside out and still be reversable, palmand back, on either hand of the wearer without loss of fit when worn inany of the aforesaid ways. Other objects and advantages will appear inthe description.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a view of my glove from the palm side; aview of the same from the back side being identically the same in itsshape.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the middle finger of the gloveas seen along the line 2-2 of Figure 1. The finger section is showncircular in shape for clarity, and the material shown is the same forall the fingers, and the palm and wrist portions.

In detail, my glove comprises a palm piece P, back piece B, both piecesbeing identical in shape,

and which pieces are cut to provide five finger portions 1, 2, 3, 2' and1', the middle finger being designated as 3 and the two fingers on oneside thereof 2, and 1, in order, from the middle finger, while the twofingers on the opposite side are designated 2' and 1', in order, awayfrom the said middle finger.

The roots 4 and 4' of the outermost fingers on the opposite sidesrespectively of the middle finger are on a line C extending transverselyacross the palm of the glove, and are appreciably lower than the roots5, 5' of the two fingers on the opposite sides of the middle finger, andwhich latter fingers are immediately adjacent the middle finger. Theroots 5, 5' are on a line A parallel to the line C on which the roots4,4' are positioned.

It will be noted from the drawing, Figure 1, that the sides of the gloveon the opposite sides of the medial line M extending longitudinally ofthe glove through the middle finger, 3, are identically alike.

The outermost fingers, 1, 1', on the opposite sides of the glove are ofsimilar shape in length and width. Fingers 2 and 2' may be slightlylonger than fingers 1 and 1' and the finger 3 may be slightly longerthan fingers 2 and 2'. Thus when viewed from either the palm or the backside the glove is symmetrical in shape.

The pieces P and B comprising the palm piece and the back piece aredirectly joined together at their edges with the exception of attheouter end of the wrist portion without fourchettes, as at 6, in Figure2, providing a ridge along the in- 55 per or outer side of the glove,according to which side of the glove is turned innermost, this ridgeextending along the middle of the adjacent sides of the fingers.

The material of the glove is preferably of cloth of a fibrous materialsuch as cotton, flax, wool and the like and woven in a manner to have.appreciable elasticity in the directions of its breadth and length. Thefibers of the cloth are woven in a manner to present a surface either ofa smooth appearance or may be similar to the surface of towelling, washcloth and the like and which surfaces may be the same on both sides ofthe cloth or opposite sides of the cloth may differ in texture, onepresenting a relatively smooth surface as at 7, in the drawing (Figure2) and the opposite side presenting a coarser texture as at 8.

When the pieces P and B are placed together to make the glove, theexposed side of the palm may be the side 8 and the exposed side of thepiece B the side '1, while adjacent inner sides of the pieces P and Bare the sides 7 and 8 respectively.

It will be seen, therefore, that when the glove is worn on the righthand the side 8 is the palm, and if the glove is worn on the left handthe side 7 forms the palm surface. If it is desired to reverse thisorder for the right and left hands respectively it is only necessary toturn the glove inside out.

From the foregoing description it is obvious that the glove isparticularly suitable for use as a bathing glove, being readilychangeable to either hand without loss of fit and being reversible, toexpose a different surface texture to the palm of either hand asdesired.

The particular shape of the glove as described fits either handperfectly in any of the manners stated, even where the hand ofthe weareris abnormal in certain respects, since the materials used are elastic intwo dimensions.

I find by practical experience that a glove of the description set forthis particularly suitable for many purposes. The ridge 0, for instance,provides a means for polishing silver articles which have a reliefsurface, accomplishing results not possible with an ordinary polishingcloth. The provision of the fingers in themselves provides a means ofcontact and free use of hand not possible with ordinary cloths.

I do not wish to restrict the invention to the specific type of cloth ofthe character above described, since leather, chamois, and othermaterials may be used, but the material described seems to produce thebest results.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A five-fingered glove adapted to the hand of a wearer in which thefirst and fifth fingers thereof are substantially identical in shape andsize and are symmetrically positioned on opposite sides of a medial lineextending longitudinally of the glove whereby the glove is adapted to beworn in reversed position on the same hand of the wearer without turningthe glove inside out.

2. A five-fingered glove adapted to the hand of a wearer, said glovebeing substantially symmetrical in shape on the opposite sides of amedial line extending longitudinally of the glove, the roots of themiddle finger on opposite sides thereof being substantially disposed ona straight line extending transversely across the glove and the rootsrespectively of the first and fifth being substantially disposed on aline below and parallel with the said first mentioned line whereby theglove is adapted to be worn in reversed position on the same hand of thewearer without turning the glove inside out.

3. In a construction as defined in claim 2, the fingers of the saidglove being substantially equal in length and size.

4. A glove formed of similar palm and back pieces respectively shapedand secured together to provide finger portions for the fingers of thehand, said glove being substantially symmetrical in shape and size onthe opposite sides of a medial line extending longitudinally of theglove whereby the glove is adapted to be worn in reversed position onthe same hand of the wearer without turning the glove inside out, andthe exposed surface texture of the palm and back pieces respectivelybeing different thereby providing different palm surface for the samehand, as desired, by reversing the glove.

5. A five-fingered glove adapted to the hand of a wearer in which thefirst and fifth fingers thereof are substantially identical in shape andsize, the roots of the middle finger on opposite sides thereof beingsubstantially disposed on a straight line extending transversely acrossthe glove and the roots respectively of the first and fifth fingersbeing disposed on a straight line below and substantially parallel withthe firstmentioned line whereby the glove is adapted to be worn inreversed position on the same hand of the wearer without turning theglove inside out.

6. A five-fingered glove adapted to the hand of finger and the second,third and fourth fingers of said glove being substantially equal to eachother in shape and size whereby the glove is adapted to be worn inreversed position on the 'same hand of the wearer without turning theglove inside out.

7. A glove formed of similar front and back pieces respectively shapedand secured together to provide finger portions for the hand, said glovebeing substantially symmetrical in shape and size on the opposite sidesof a medial line extending longitudinally of the glove and adapted to beturned inside out and to preserve said finger portions and symmetricalshape and size on opposite sides of said medial line when turned insideout whereby the glove is adapted to be worn in reversed position on thesame hand of the wearer both before and after the same is turned insideout thereby providing a glove adapted to be worn in four positions onthe same hand of the wearer.

8. A glove formed of similar front and back pieces respectively shapedand secured together to provide finger portions for the hand, said glovebeing substantially symmetrical in shape and size on the opposite sidesof a medial .line extending longitudinally of the glove and adapted tobe turned inside out and to preserve said finger portions andsymmetrical shape and size on the opposite sides of said medial linewhen turned inside out whereby the glove is adapted to be worn inreversed position on the same hand of the wearer both before and afterthe same is turned inside out thereby providing a glove adapted to beworn in four positions on the same hand of the wearer, the inner surfacetexture and the outer surface texture of the said palm and back piecesrespectively being different thereby providing a different exposed palmsurface for the same hand when the glove is worn in several of theaforesaid four positions.

WILLIAM H. GILLESPIE.

